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Table 6 Subgroup analysis of pregnant females

From: Uncovering the hidden health burden: a systematic review and meta-analysis of iron deficiency anemia among adolescents, and pregnant women in Pakistan

Variables

Characteristics

No studies

Prevalence with 95%

I2

P-value

By region

Punjab

06

77.4 (0.630,0.918)

98.12%

< 0.001

Sindh

05

70(0.550, 0.867)

99.0%

< 0.001

Baluchistan

02

56(0.538 0.582)

0.00

< 0.001

KPK

03

75 (0.578 0.938)

98.2%

< 0.001

By

Socioeconomic

status

Lower

03

69.2 (0.440 0.944)

99.53%

< 0.001

Middle

03

63(0.433, 0.841)

98.46

< 0.001

Mixed

10

72.8 (0.620 0.835)

98.9

< 0.001

By trimester

second

03

78(0.556 1.015)

98.68

< 0.001

Third

04

63(0.493 0.777)

97.71

< 0.001

All

09

70(0.590 0.825)

99.13

< 0.001